Friedrich Fangohr Explained

Friedrich Fangohr
Birth Date:	12 August 1899
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1916–45
Rank:	General
Commands:	122nd Infantry Division I Army Corps
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Friedrich Fangohr (12 August 1899 – 17 April 1956) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the I Army Corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (24 December 1917) & 1st Class (25 October 1918)
• Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (2 July 1919) & 1st Class (23 July 1919)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 September 1939) & 1st Class (12 October 1939)

• Eastern Front Medal (22 August 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and Chief of Generalstab of Panzer-A.O.K. 4

References

Bibliography

• Book: Scherzer , Veit . 2007 . Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives . The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2 .
• Book: Wegmann , Günter . 2009 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil VIIIa: Panzertruppe Band 2: F–H . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part VIIIa: Panzer Force Volume 2: F–H . German . Bissendorf, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2389-4 .